Hi Susan Would you tell us how to get the records please? Who and where do I write to? What is required? Thanks Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Patterson" <aapatterson@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:19 AM Subject: Re: Ararat Asylum > At one point it was gaol for the criminally insane. > I managed to get informtion ( not she hastens to add for one of those poor > thngs) through Freedom of Information. > Susan

Crikey ! It was so long ago. I got the information through using Freedom of Information papers but I can't rmember how I got them ! Perhaps check the Post Office or the government section of the phone book for your area. I think that when wanting information about war records from the War Memorial in Canberra the papers were faxed to me. Perhaps the first step would be to write to the mental health authority in Ararat and ask how to go about it> I'm sorry the grey cells are fewer than before... Oh by the way: a few years ago the gaol was open to the public and it was quite sad to see the conditons under which so many people had had to be restrained.Someone in Ararat will be able to tell us if it is still open to the public. Susan ----- > Hi Susan > > Would you tell us how to get the records please? Who and where do I write > to? What is required? > > Thanks > Teresa >

These records would be available through the PROV. not sure on the legalities of time so only up to a certain date may be available. There is a list of inmates, patients on the web site. Carmel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Patterson" <aapatterson@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 9:03 AM Subject: Re: Ararat Asylum > Crikey ! It was so long ago. > I got the information through using Freedom of Information papers but I > can't rmember how I got them ! > Perhaps check the Post Office or the government section of the phone book > for your area. > I think that when wanting information about war records from the War > Memorial in Canberra the papers were faxed to me. > Perhaps the first step would be to write to the mental health authority in > Ararat and ask how to go about it> > I'm sorry the grey cells are fewer than before... > Oh by the way: a few years ago the gaol was open to the public and it was > quite sad to see the conditons under which so many people had had to be > restrained.Someone in Ararat will be able to tell us if it is still open > to > the public. > > Susan > ----- > >> Hi Susan >> >> Would you tell us how to get the records please? Who and where do I >> write >> to? What is required? >> >> Thanks >> Teresa >> > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Victorian place names database > http://www.rootsweb.com/~auswgw/vic_place_names.htm > >